When a young Sealaska intern walking a beach in July 2022 found the first evidence of European green crab presence in Alaska — a discarded shell on a beach on Annette Island — it was an ominous …
A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low tide in the Western Alaska community of Quinhagak. Wooden spoons, toys, a fishing lure and other …
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Wrangell’s Sandy Churchill was reelected president of the Alaska Native Sisterhood Grand Camp at the organization’s annual convention. The Alaska Native Brotherhood and ANS met Oct. 1-3 in …
Monday, Oct. 27 Agency assist: U.S. Forest Service. Bar check. Tuesday, Oct. 28 Verbal dispute. Found property. Unsafe driving. Bar check. Wednesday, Oct. 29 Nothing to report. …
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By 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, Front Street was crawling with colorful characters of myth, video games and comic books to visit businesses in hopes of filling bags with candy.
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Nov. 5, 1925 Beginning Wednesday morning, 15 minutes has been added to the high school day to make room for singing as a part of each day’s work. This is under the direction of Mr. McClellan. …
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Wrangell voters in October 2022 by an almost 2-to-1 margin approved borrowing $3.5 million to put toward a much bigger and more expensive list of repair, rebuild and replacement work at the …
The induction last week of this year’s nominees into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame covered an important part of Native civil rights history — and highlighted Wrangell’s place in that …
Just because the calendar has 365 days every year doesn’t mean there has to be an organized activity every day of the year. But there are a lot of activities in Wrangell, which is good. And it …
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As I write this, tomorrow is Halloween, and for years Nov. 1 meant it was time to decorate for Christmas. Yes, I’m one of THOSE people. But this year, in a new place with new people and no …
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I use a tablet to read newspapers. It started maybe a decade ago, when an increasing number of national newspapers stopped shipping their print editions to Alaska. I am addicted to reading papers, so …
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Wrangell tied for first place overall at the Rich Hofacker Wrestling Invitational at Mountain City Christian Academy in Anchorage over the weekend, achieving key goals and surprising their coach in …
